Unable to delete Registry Items

[Guest]

I going through registry deleting all occurance of the word "panda" relating
to the AV product. However their are certain instances where this is
impossible i.e when it hits "LEGACY_.....". In XP one could change
permissions to enable delete (right click of mouse). How is the done in 2000
???

 

[Mark V]

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry =?Utf-8?B?YmFycm93aGlsbA==?=
wrote:

I going through registry deleting all occurance of the word
"panda" relating to the AV product. However their are certain
instances where this is impossible i.e when it hits
"LEGACY_.....". In XP one could change permissions to enable
delete (right click of mouse). How is the done in 2000 ???

First, and in my opinion, deleting all keys and values containing
"panda" is not a very safe thing to do. Hope you have a full
registry backup (*not* an "Export")

To answer for W2K you need to use the regedt32.exe registry editor to
alter registry ACLs and ownership.

Further if this is a CCS\...\ENUM\Root\LEGACY_* key, you do not need
to delete it and it is safer if you don't edit in this area. Having
said that, I think that regedt32 will do the trick for you.

 

[Guest]

Mark,

Thanks for useful reply

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry =?Utf-8?B?YmFycm93aGlsbA==?=
wrote:


First, and in my opinion, deleting all keys and values containing
"panda" is not a very safe thing to do. Hope you have a full
registry backup (*not* an "Export")

To answer for W2K you need to use the regedt32.exe registry editor to
alter registry ACLs and ownership.

Further if this is a CCS\...\ENUM\Root\LEGACY_* key, you do not need
to delete it and it is safer if you don't edit in this area. Having
said that, I think that regedt32 will do the trick for you.

 

[Bob]

Mark,

Thanks for useful reply

While we are on the subject of Legacy keys, can someone explain their
purpose and why you cannot delete them with Regedit.


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[Mark V]

While we are on the subject of Legacy keys, can someone explain
their purpose and why you cannot delete them with Regedit.

They are the boot time enumeration of "legacy" (non-PnP) drivers for
the system. As they are created these keys inherit ACLs from the
parent key (which only allow DELETE from the SYSTEM account and thus
cannot be deleted directly from the registry by an Administrator).
Use the Device Manager interface (devmgmt.msc) instead. This is both
easier and *safer*.

May like reading at:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Information/BootTimeRegistryActivity.html

 

[Bob]

http://www.sysinternals.com/Information/BootTimeRegistryActivity.html

I have Regmon but I don't use it much.


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[Joe Simon]

LEGACY_ Delete in Regedit

I going through registry deleting all occurance of the word "panda" relating
to the AV product. However their are certain instances where this is
impossible i.e when it hits "LEGACY_.....". In XP one could change
permissions to enable delete (right click of mouse). How is the done in 2000
???

Para remover o chaves no Regedit:
Você deve fazer uma alteração em Direitos nessas chaves para removê-la.
Os direitos para usar como padrão para "Todos" é "leitura".

Para alteração dos direitos, selecione a chave que você desejar excluir.
Em seguida, com o botão direito abra o menu, clique em 'permissões' , e
em 'segurança' clique em Todos, e no quadro abaixo conceda Controle total.

Esta dica pode servir para a comunidade de lingua portuguesa.

Saldações.